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  • ACA chief: Sisi keen on fighting corruption

    ACA chief: Sisi keen on fighting corruption

    Date: 2019-03-07 17:26:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7837850

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and all the state’s institutions are keen on fighting corruption and fraud, head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) Sherif Seif el Din said Thursday. Seif el Din’s remarks came while receiving a ....

  • Pope Tawadros II meets new Australian amb. in Cairo

    Pope Tawadros II meets new Australian amb. in Cairo

    Date: 2019-03-06 23:13:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7836527

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Wednesday Australia's new Ambassador to Egypt Glenn Miles at the papal headquarters in Cairo's Abbassia district. The ambassador's visit to the cathedral came after ....

  • Bashir appoints new Central Bank of Sudan governor

    Bashir appoints new Central Bank of Sudan governor

    Date: 2019-03-06 23:12:16 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7836526

    President Omar al Bashir relieved Central Bank of Sudan Governor Mohamed al Zubair of his post on Wednesday. According to a presidential decree to this effect, the deputy governor of the bank, Hussein Yehia Janqool, was announced as Zubair’s ....

  • Venezuela to expel German ambassador for 'meddling'

    Venezuela to expel German ambassador for 'meddling'

    Date: 2019-03-06 23:10:39 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:6 - ID:7836525

    The Venezuelan government has announced it will expel German ambassador Daniel Kriener, the BBC News reported. A government statement declared ambassador Kriener "persona non grata" and accused him of "recurrent acts of interference in internal ....

  • First day of Rajab on Friday -- Dar Al-Ifta

    First day of Rajab on Friday -- Dar Al-Ifta

    Date: 2019-03-06 19:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7836420

    Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta announced on Wednesday that Rajab, the 7th month of the Islamic calendar, will start on Friday. In a statement, the fatwa house said the crescent of Rajab could not be spotted today. Therefore, Thursday will be the last day of ....

  • Arab ministerial committee hails decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran

    Arab ministerial committee hails decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran

    Date: 2019-03-06 18:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7836358

    The Arab Quartet Ministerial Committee on Iranian interference in Arab affairs condemned on Wednesday the incessant interference of Iran in the domestic affairs of Arab countries. The Arab League-affiliated committee convened today in Cairo under ....

  • FM stresses Egypt's full support for Palestinian people's legitimate rights

    FM stresses Egypt's full support for Palestinian people's legitimate rights

    Date: 2019-03-06 18:41:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7836354

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed that the Palestinian cause is still the Arabs' prime issue, calling for intensifying efforts to resume serious negotiations that can lead to establishing an independent Palestinian state with Al Quds (occupied ....

  • "Deal of the Century" will not solve Palestinian cause - Russian FM to MENA

    Date: 2019-03-06 18:40:13 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7836348

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Moscow believes that the so-called "Deal of the Century'' will render a failure the efforts of finding a solution to the Palestinian cause. In statements to MENA corespondent here, Lavrov ....

  • Arab FMs start meeting in Cairo

    Arab FMs start meeting in Cairo

    Date: 2019-03-06 18:38:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7836345

    The 151st session of the Arab Foreign Ministers Council kicked off in the Arab League on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Somalia. The Arab ministers will discuss several Arab joint action issues at the political, economic, security and ....

  • Sisi directs gov’t to assist needy people

    Sisi directs gov’t to assist needy people

    Date: 2019-03-04 16:35:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7832826

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government to focus its strategy on providing assistance for the needy. He held a meeting on Monday with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and ministers Ghada Waly of Social Solidarity and Mohamed Maait ....

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